ZIP 80016 vs ZIP 80015

This side-by-side compares ZIP 80016 (Aurora, CO) and ZIP 80015 (Aurora, CO) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 80016 has a population of 41,219 at 339 people per square mile, while ZIP 80015 has 62,432 at 1,684 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 80016 reports a median household income of $150,492 against $124,702 in ZIP 80015, with per-capita income of $68,855 vs $52,854. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.1% in 80016 and 48.5% in 80015. Poverty rate reads 4.0% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 3.7% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $761,700 in 80016 versus $586,300 in 80015, with median rent of $2,195 and $2,337 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.5% vs 82.2%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.